NO240 Lecture 14: The Good, the bad, and the ugly
6 Sep 2016
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of integration and disintegration. By 2000, nafta re-enforced continentalism in north america amid an ongoing debate regarding who was benefitting most or least from the free trade agreement. Canadians and mexicans sometimes lament that the united states (us) was the prime beneficiary of nafta. Kim moody argues that american labour unions disagree with this assessment as unionized jobs and the power of american unions decreased over time. Mexico and canada saw their trade relationships with the us strengthen as the us remained the key trade partner of both nations, however the post-nafta road has been a rocky one. The need for arbitration in us-canada disputes over softwood lumber exports to the us began in 1996. The safety and maintenance records of the mexican trucking industry and even tomato exports to the us have resulted in protests and arbitration.
